Cuff link assembly

Abstract

A cuff link assembly includes an elongated stem member, an ornament member on one end of the stem member, a cross member and a fastening assembly pivotally securing the cross member on the opposite end of the stem member. The fastening assembly includes a pair of non circular cam structures on the stem member and a pair of cam plates having non circular cam sockets formed therein on the cross member, and the cam structures are received in the cam sockets for releaseably retaing the cross member in various different angular positive relative to the stem member.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A cuff link assembly comprising a. an elongated stem member having longitudinally opposite first and second end portions terminating in first and second ends, respectively, said stem member also having opposite first and second sides, said second end portion having an elongated longitudinally extending slit formed therein which extends inwardly from said second end to define a pair of closely spaced resiliently deflectable legs;   b. an ornament member on the first end of said stem member;   c. a pair of male cam halves on at least one of said first and second sides of said stem member, said male cam halves being disposed on opposite legs and cooperating to define a cam structure having a cam surface of non-circular configuration thereon;   d. an elongated cross member; and   e. securing means pivotally securing said cross member to said stem member adjacent the second end therof, said securing means including means engaging said cam surface for alternatively releasably retaining said cross member in a first position wherein said cross member is substantially parallel to said stem member or a second position wherein said cross member is substantially perpendicular to said stem member.   
     
     
       2. In the cuff link assembly of claim 1, said cam halves having outer peripheral surfaces which extend outwardly from said at least one side of said stem member, the outer peripheral surfaces of said cam halves cooperating to define said cam surface. 
     
     
       3. The cuff link assembly of claim 1 further comprising first and second pairs of said male cam halves, one pair of said male cam halves being disposed on each side of said stem member, each pair of male cam halves cooperating to define a cam structure, said securing means including means engaging the cam surface of each of said cam structures for alternatively releasably retaining said cross member in said first position or said second position. 
     
     
       4. In the cuff link assembly of claim 1, said cam structure being resiliently compressible slightly by resiliently deflecting said first and second legs together slightly to permit said cross member to be pivoted from said first position thereof to said second position thereof. 
     
     
       5. In the cuff link assembly of claim 2, said securing means including a female cam plate having a female cam socket formed therein, said female cam socket being of substantially the same configuration as the periphery of said cam structure as defined by said cam surface, said cam structure being received in said cam socket, said cam halves being resiliently cammed together slightly as said cross member is pivoted between said first and second positions thereof. 
     
     
       6. In the cuff link assembly of claim 5, said cam structure being of substantially rounded octangular configuration. 
     
     
       7. In the cuff link assembly of claim 1, said securing means securing said cross member so that it is alternatively pivotable to and releasably securable in a third position which is approximately midway between said first and second positions. 
     
     
       8. In the cuff link assembly of claim 3, said securing means including a pair of spaced substantially parallel female cam plates, each of said cam plates having a female cam socket therein, each of said female cam sockets being of substantially the same configuration as the periphery of one of said cam structures as defined by the respective cam surface thereof, each of said cam structures being received in one of said cam sockets, the cam halves of each cam structure being cammed together slightly as said cross member is pivoted between said first and second positions thereof.